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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pan-tuh-mahym |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn təˌmaɪm |
Definition of pantomime
Origin :- 1610s, "mime actor," from Latin pantomimus "mime, dancer," from Greek pantomimos "actor," literally "imitator of all," from panto- (genitive of pan) "all" (see pan-) + mimos "imitator" (see mime (n.)).
- Meaning "drama or play without words" first recorded 1735. The English dramatic performances so called, usually at Christmas and with words and songs and stock characters, are attested by this name from 1739; said to have originated c.1717. Related: Pantomimic; pantomimical.
- As in mime : noun an imitation
- As in acting : noun entertaining, performing
- As in charade : noun pretense
- As in gesticulation : noun gesture
- As in gesture : noun motion as communication
- As in mimic : verb imitate, mock
- As in mime : verb mimic
- As in signalize : verb gesture
- As in gesture/gesticulate : verb make signs, motions to communicate
- A pantomime produced at Covent Garden, and published in 1778.
- Extract from : « The Fall of British Tyranny » by John Leacock
- I thanked him as best I could in pantomime and approached the walls.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- "You're really like a child at a pantomime, Babs," he laughed, when they were alone.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- He was the dwarf policeman in Holland's pantomime in the winter-time!
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- A mortuary, a dissecting-chamber, or a pantomime property-room?
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- I made the pantomime of presenting a pistol, and then of a man falling.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- But the Lugareo had been going through a pantomime of scrutinizing my person.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- No matter in what pantomime the scene occurs, as it may do for any.
- Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
- "That is better than having a bayonet poked into your inside," I said, by pantomime.
- Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
- Hillard understood this pantomime; the diplomat had been a share-holder.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
Synonyms for pantomime
- act
- act out
- action
- ape
- assuming
- body language
- bow
- burlesque
- caricature
- characterization
- copy
- copycat
- curtsy
- deception
- depiction
- disguise
- ditto
- do
- do like
- dramatics
- dramatizing
- echo
- enact
- enacting
- enactment
- expression
- fake
- farce
- feigning
- flag
- genuflection
- gesticulate
- gesticulation
- give the high sign
- go like
- hamming
- high sign
- histrionics
- imitate
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonate
- impersonation
- improvisation
- indicate
- indication
- intimation
- kinesics
- look like
- make believe
- make fun of
- make like
- make-believe
- mime
- mimicry
- mirror
- mockery
- motion
- nod
- pageant
- pantomime
- parody
- parrot
- perform
- performance
- personate
- play
- play acting
- playing
- portrayal
- portraying
- posing
- posturing
- pretend
- pretending
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put-on
- putting
- reminder
- rendition
- resemble
- ridicule
- salute
- seeming
- sham
- showing off
- shrug
- sign
- sign language
- signal
- signalize
- simulate
- simulating
- stagecraft
- stooging
- take off
- theatre
- theatricals
- token
- travesty
- trick
- use one's hands
- use sign language
- wave
- wink
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